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Fanfic of Bleach . It's terrible but I'll post it here.I don't own bleach. Saya is an OC of mine.


Today has been fairly normal until now. Though normal in Karakura town is an understatement. This town has a large population of ghosts. Most people can’t see them ,but I can. I'm not sure if anyone else here can see them too. It would be nice if I knew of someone who did.Before I go any further, I should introduce myself. My name is Saya Ishibashi. I am 26 years of age and work at the local library. I’ve lived here for at least 5 months. My family was against me moving here saying it’s too dangerous for a single woman to live in a big town. My parents are well meaning but, after working in my hometown's library since college, I felt I needed to get out on my own. I’m from Hokkaido, which is a fairly rural part of Japan. My hometown has a population of 10,000. Both my parents are local teachers there. I have a younger brother by 6 years named Ryo and younger sister by two years named Setsuna. She’s a teacher like my parents and my brother is studying to be a lawyer like my Uncle Seiji. I tend to talk about my family a lot. I miss being close by them but we talk often.

I love it here for some reason. The people, the shopping, the rivers, my job. I don’t mind the ghosts all that much. I’ve been able to see them since I was 15. Though something odd happened the summer I was 16. My family and I had gone camping like we always did when school let out for break. We’d always go to the local campground for 2 weeks. I was walking with Ryo by the lake going to the playground. Of course he beat me there. Setsuna was in the tent reading her teen magazines and my parents were getting dinner ready. I turned to look at the lake, and saw a woman. She was about two inches taller than me (I'm 5'4)and had a long braid. She was wearing a short black kimono with a wide obi and she was watching the people walking passed. It looked like no one else could see her. Why she was observing them I’ll never know but she look startled when she realized I could see her. We looked at each other for at least 10 minutes but it seemed much longer. Ryo called out to me and I looked away .I turned back to where she was standing and she was gone. Who she was or why she was there I’ll never know.

Today was fairly warm for April so I decided to walk to work . I have a car but only use it around town and gas is expensive. The library is at least a half a mile from my apartment by the river. Work was normal. Signed a few people up for library cards fixed a problem with the card catalog, had lunch with my coworkers. The usual stuff. I decided I would walk by the river instead of the route I usually take which is shorter. I love being by the river. I sometimes come here on the weekends if the weather is nice. I was walking and that’s when I saw her again. The woman I saw almost ten years ago. I was shocked to see that she looked the same as she did then. She looked directly at me . I felt a cold chill all of a sudden. It was almost like she herself was a ghost. I could feel a headache coming on . Why I’m not sure. I heard a loud noise and I looked away again. I looked where she was just seconds ago and she was gone. I ran the rest of the way back to my apartment and locked the door. Something about that meeting made me freak out for some reason. I wonder who she is and why she gave me that odd look. I hope I don’t see her again. I wonder if she went to tell somebody about me. I still feel cold and afraid. Why can I see spirits? I hope I’m not going crazy. Maybe I just need some sleep and I’ll feel better in the morning. Though I’m afraid this might not be the last I see a being like her. She wasn’t a ghost but what was she? After looking in some of the books I have on Japanese myths, I think she might be a shinigami. A death god. But why would a shinigami be observing the living?